Work:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Freelance Technical Web Producer
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Berlin - Berlin, NH Sep 2012 to Oct 2012
Journalism Journalism Fellow
Bloomberg News - New York, NY Jun 2012 to Aug 2012
Finance Team Wires Reporting Intern
Columbia News Tonight - New York, NY Jan 2012 to May 2012
Reporter/Producer
GigaOM/paidContent.org - New York, NY Jan 2012 to Mar 2012
Freelance Researcher
NYCityLens.com - New York, NY Sep 2011 to Jan 2012
Multimedia Journalist
Support for International Change - Tanzania May 2011 to Jul 2011
Public Health Program Volunteer
City of Los Angeles, Office of the City Clerk - Los Angeles, CA Sep 2010 to Feb 2011
Media Specialist
City of Los Angeles, Department of Transportation - Los Angeles, CA May 2007 to Aug 2010
Media Specialist
Daily Trojan (University of Southern California) - Los Angeles, CA Dec 2007 to May 2008
Editor in Chief (Salaried)
The Doctors of USC Downtown - Los Angeles, CA Sep 2004 to May 2007
Medical Records Clerk
The Hamburg Area Item/The Kutztown Area Patriot - Hamburg, PA Jun 2006 to Jul 2006
Editorial Intern
Education:
Columbia University - New York, NY 2012
MS in Journalism
Columbia Law School - New York, NY 2012
Financial Derivatives Regulation
University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA 2009
BA in Economics
University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA 2009
BA in Print Journalism
University of Cape Town - Cape Town, Western Cape 2008
Political Economy, Economic Development
Skills:
Business: Advanced Excel, proficient balance sheet and income statement analysis, basic statistical software; Audio/Video Storytelling: Final Cut Pro, AVID Newscutter, ProTools, AP ENPS, broadcast graphics; Web: CSS/HTML, Dreamweaver, basic Flash; Design/Photo: Photoshop, InDesign, manual photo processing; Social Media: Twitter, LinkedIn, aggregation; Language: Conversational Spanish, elementary Swahili.